For more details about the changes incorporated in this release, you can check out the official changelog, where you'll find a complete list of security updates, bug fixes and improvements for the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS operating system.

For those wondering, if your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS installation is up-to-date, there's no need to download the ISO images and reinstall the distribution.

Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) is a Long Term Support (LTS) distribution, supported with maintenance updates and security fixes until 2017.

The next maintenance version for the Precise Pangolin operating system is Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS and it will be released on January 31st, 2013.

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